A couple of talented UK based surface designers to get me back into the swing of things. 1. Lil3Birdy (London) beautiful, intricate designs with birds & geometric patterns. Bird Gift Tags, Illustrated Art Designs, Turquoise Blue Grey khjlkhklhjj Cute Bird & Flower Gift Tags, Illustrated Art Designs, Blue Green Pink hjlkhjlkhj Owl Gift Tags, Ink […]
Finally some time to find some more UK based inspiration. Another random search on Etsy brings up some lovely silver jewelry and beautiful hand screenprinted home textiles. 1. Caroline Cowen (from Hertfordshire) – beautiful handmade jewelry in quirky, pretty designs. sterling silver and cold enamel retro flower necklace kjhglkghj gerbera daisy earrings kjhglkghj sterling silver […]
We’ve been getting ready to go away so although I picked out my Folksy picks on Friday I didn’t get a chance to post. Luckily or unluckily Mother Nature has kept up my theme for me. Rain rain rain. Not my fondest thing when I’m trying to get loads of clothes dried. But luckily some […]
How is it already Friday? Is it really Friday? I’m pretty sure it’s Friday so here’s my Folksy Friday. This week it’s all about cheese. We love cheese in our house. I am particularly amazed that someone has created a card that actually says exactly what Jeff and I say to each other pretty much […]
I’ve been doing Folksy Friday for a while now and I really like Folksy and what it is growing into. I’ve also started getting involved with UK Handmade which is very exciting and very inspiring. There’s nothing more motivating that meeting and building relationships with people with like interests. Especially when you’re a work-from-home mum […]
I wanted a gocco machine for ages and I got one two years ago. I think I’ve used it once. Mainly, in all fairness, because I don’t have access to an old-school carbon copier. But it’s still one of my favourite things and finding a way to use it more often is definitely up there […]
This week my Folksy Friday is over on the Folksy blog! So it’s a proper Folksy Friday this week. I found some lovely things that people were making from old books.
This week’s Folksy Friday is dedicated to the Kitty Kat as we’ve decided, although we are probably a tad delusional, that these are our baby’s first words. It is true that he makes the same noises that sound very vaguely like ‘kitty kat’ everytime he sees one of our cats. I’ll have to show him […]
Nine months ago today, the very best moment of my life happened at 2.47 in the afternoon. So this week for Folksy Friday it’s all about George: George and the Dragons from Hole in My Pocket asdfsaf King George by Alice Gabb kljhj George from The Snail Emporium asfdsadf George, Hand Embroidered Brooch from Bird […]
I’m not the most patient person so it’s been quite hard telling myself that building up a business from scratch is not going to happen overnight. The biggest problem being that when I set up as a freelance graphic designer, it did literally happen overnight. There were a few dry spots, but for the most […]
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